It’s not the 106-point Breakfast Ball showing we saw to open SEC play last season vs. Florida, but it is a halftime lead for Kentucky — the Wildcats’ largest of the season against high-major competition, at that.
The shooting has been, well, oof, but it’s been enough to push ahead by six at the break, UK leading Ole Miss 29-23 through 20 minutes. They’re knocking down 32 percent of their attempts and 25 percent from deep with a 9-12 hit rate at the line. That’s compared to 25/10/62 splits for the Rebels.
Individually, Jasper Johnson leads the way with eight points on 3-7 shooting and 2-5 from three, followed by Collin Chandler with six, Mo Dioubate with four and Otega Oweh, Andrija Jelavic and Trent Noah with three.